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Chronology of Main Events of War For Liberty 



Battles That Have Marked the Greatest Struggle in 
the World's History. 



Four years of bitter warfare before the defeat of Autocratic 
Attempts to Rule the World could be assured— Progress of the 
Titanic contest practically as it went on from day to day. 

From June 28, 1914, when the assassination of Archduke Ferdi- 
nand of Austria, and his wife, at Sarajevo, Bosnia, gave Emperor 
William of Germany his excuse for beginning war which he believed 
would result in his gaining practical control of the world through 
military domination, the main events of the struggle are told in the 
following chronicle : 



1914 

June 28 — Archduke Ferdinand and 
wife assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia. 

July 28 — Austria-Hungary declares 
war on Serbia. 

Aug. 1 — Germany declares war on 
Russia and general mobilization is un- 
der way in France and Austria-Hun- 
gary. 

Aug. 2 — German troops enter France 
at Cirey ; Russian troops enter Ger- 
many at Schwidden ; German army en- 
ters Luxemburg over protest and Ger- 
many asks Belgium for free passage 
of her troops. 

Aug.- 3 — British fleet mobilizes; Bel- 
gium appeals to Great Britain for dip- 
lomatic aid and German ambassador 
quits Paris. 

Aug. 4 — France declares war on Ger- 
many; Germany declares war on Bel- 
gium ; Great Britain sends Belgium 
neutrality ultimatum to Germany; 
British army mobilizes and state of 
war between Great Britain and Ger- 
many is declared. President Wilson 
issues neutrality proclamation. 

Aug. 5 — Germans begin fighting on 
Belgian ^ frontier; Germany asks for 
Italy's help. 

;. 6— Austria declares war on Rus- 
sia. 



Aug. 7 — Germans defeated by French 
at Altkirch. 

Aug. 8 — Germans capture Liege. 
Portugal announces it will support 
Great Britain; British land troops in 
France. 

Aug. 10 — France declares war on 
Austria-Hungary. 

Aug. 12 — Great Britain declares war 
on Austria-Hungary; Montenegro de- 
clares war on Germany. 

Aug. 15 — Japan sends ultimatum to 
Germany to withdraw from Japanese 
and Chinese waters and evacuate Kiao- 
chow ; Russia offers autonomy to Po- 
land, a 

Aug. 20 — German army enters Brus- 
sels. 

Aug. 23 — Japan declares war on Ger- 
many ; Russia victorious in battles in 
East Prussia. 

Aug. 25 — Japanese warships bom- 
bard Tsingtao. 

Aug. 25 — Japan and Austria break 
off diplomatic relations. 

Aug. 28 — English win naval battle 
over German fleet near Helgoland. 

Aug. 29 — Germans defeat Russians 
at Allenstein ; occupy Amiens ; ad- 
vance to La Fere, 65 miles from Paris. 

Sept. f 1 — Germans cross Marne ; 
bombs dropped on Paris ; Turkish army 
mobilizes; Zeppelins drop bombs on 
Antwerp. 



Sept. # 2 — Government of France 
transferred to Bordeaux ; Russians cap- 
ture Lemberg. 

Sept. 4 — Germans cross the Marne. 

Sept. 5 — England, France and Rus- 
sia sign pact to make no separate 
peace. 

Sept. 6 — French win battle of 
Marne ; British cruiser Pathfinder 
sunk in North sea by a German sub- 
marine. 

Sept. 7. — Germans retreat from the 
Marne. 

Sept. 14 — Battle of Aisne starts; 
German retreat halted. 

Sept. 15 — First battle of Soissons 
fought. 

Sept. 20 — Russians capture Ja- 
roisau and begin siege of Przemysl. 

Oct. 9-10 — Germans capture Ant- 
werp. 

Oct. 12— German take Ghent. 

Oct. 20 — Fighting along Yser river 
begins. e 

Oct. 29 — Turkey begins war on Rus- 
sia. 

Nov. 7 — Tsingtao falls before Jap- 
anese troops. 

Nov. 9 — German cruiser Emden de- 
stroyed. 

Dec. 11 — German advance on War- 
saw checked. 

Dec. 14 — Belgrade recaptured by 
Serbians. 

Dec. 16 — German cruisers bombard 
Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, 
on English coast, killing 50 or more 
persons; Austrians said to have lost 
upward of 100,000 men in Serbian de- 
feat. 

Dec. 25 — Italy occupies Avlona, Alba- 
nia. 

1915. 

Jan. 1 — British battleship Formida- 
ble sunk. 

Jan* 8 — Roumania mobilizes 750,000 
men ; violent fighting in the Argonne. 

Jan. 11— -Germans cross the Rawka, 
30 miles from Warsaw. 

Jan. 24— British win naval battle In 
North sea. 

Jan. 29 — Russian army invades Hun- 
gary ; German efforts to cross Aisne re- 
pulsea 

Feb. i — British repel strong German 



attack near La Bassee. 

Feb. 2 — Turks are defeated in at- 
tack # on Suez canal. *» 

Feb. 4 — Russians capture Tarnow 
in Galicia. 

Feb. 8 — Turks along Suez canal in 
full retreat; Turkish land defenses at 
,the Dardanelles shelled by British tor- 
pedo boats. 

Feb. 11 — Germans evacuate Lodz. 

Feb. 12 — Germans drive Russians 
from positions in East Prussia, taking 
26,000 prisoners. 

Feb. 14 — Russians report capture of 
fortifications at Smolnik. 

Feb. 16 — Germans capture Plock 
and Bielsk in Poland; French capture 
two miles of German trenches in Cham- 
pagne district. 

Feb. 17 — Germans report they have 
taken 50,000 Russian prisoners in Ma- 
zurian lake district. 

Feb. 18 — German blockade of Euglish 
and French coasts put into effect. 

Feb. 19-20— British and French fleets 
bombard Dardanelles forts. 

Feb.«21 — American steamer Evelyn 
sunk by mine in North sea. 

Feb. 22 — German was office announ- 
ces capture of 100,000 Russian prison- 
ers in engagements in Mazurian lake 
region; American steamer Carib sunk 
by mine in North sea. 

Feb. 28 — Dardanelles entrance forts 
capitulate to English and French. 

March 4 — Landing of allied troops on 
both sides of Dardanelles straits re- 
ported; German U-4 sunk by French 
destroyers. 

March 10 — Battle of Neuve Chapelle 
begins. 

March 14 — German cruiser Dresden 
sunk in Pacific by English. 

March 18— British battleships Irre- 
sistible and Ocean and French battle- 
ship Bouvet sunk in Dardanelles strait 

March 22 — Fort of Przemysl sur- 
renders to Russians. 

March 23 — Allies land troops on Gal- 
lipoli peninsula. 

March 25 — Russians victorious over 
Austrians in Carpathians. 

April 1 8 — German auxiliary cruiser, 
Prins Eitel Friedrich, interned at New- 
port News, Va. 

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April 16— Italy has 1,200,000 men 
mobilized under arms; Austrians re- 
port - complete defeat of Russians in 
Carpathian campaign. 

April 23 — German force way across 
Ypres canal and take 1,600 prisoners. 

April 25 — Allies stop German drive 
on Ypres line in Belgium. 

April 29 — British report regaining of 
two-thirds of lost ground in Ypres bat- 
tle. 

May 7 — Liner Lusitania torpedoed 
and sunk by German submarine off 
the coast of Ireland with the loss of 
more than 1,000 lives, 102 Americans. 

May 9 — French advance two and 
one-half miles against German forces 
north of Arras, taking 2,000 prisoners. 

May 23 — Italy declares war on Aus- 
tria. 

June 3 — Germans recapture Przem- 
ysl with Austrian help. 

June 18 — British suffer defeat north 
of La Bassee Canal. 

June 28 — Italians enter Austrian ter- 
ritory south of Riva on western shore 
of Lake Garda. 

July e 3— Tolmino falls into Italian 
hands. 

July 9 — British make gains north of 
Ypres and French retake trenches in 
the Vosges. 

July 13 — Germans defeated in the 
Argonne. 

July 29 — Warsaw evacuated; Lub- 
lin captured by Austrians. 

Aug. 4. — Germans occupy Warsaw. 

Aug. 14 — Austrians and Germans 
concentrate 400,000 soldiers on Ser- 
bian frontier. 

Aug. 21 — Italy declares war on Tur- 
key. 

Sept. 1 — Ambassador Bernstorff an- 
nounces Germans will sink no more 
liners without warning. 

Sept. 4 — German submarine torpe- 
does liner Hesperian. 

Sept. 9 — Germans make air raid on 
London, killing 20 persons and 
wounding 100 others; United States 
asks Austria to recall Ambassador 
Dumba. 

Sept. 20 — Germans begin drive on 
Serbia to open route to Turkey. 

Sopt. 22 — Russian army, retreating 



from Vilna, escapes encircling move- 
ment. 

Sept. 25-30 — Battle of Champagne, 
resulting in great advance for allied 
armies and causing Kaiser Wilhelm to 
rush to the west front; German 
counter-attacks repulsed. 

Oct. 5 — Russia and Bulgaria sever 
diplomatic relations ; Russian, French, 
British, Italian and Serbian diplomat- 
ic representatives ask for passports In 
Sofia. 

Oct. 10 — General Mackensen's forces 
take Belgrade. 

Oct. 12— Edith Cavell executed by 
Germans. 

Oct. 13 — Bulgaria declares war on 
Serbia. 

Oct. 15 — Great Britain declares war 
on Bulgaria. 

Oct. 16 — France declares war on Bul- 
garia. 

Oct. 19 — Russia and Italy declare 
war on Bulgaria. 

Oct. 27 — Germans join Bulgarians in 
northeastern Serbia and open way 
to Constantinople. 

Oct. 30 — Germans defeated at Mitau. 

Nov. 9 — Italian liner Ancona torpe- 
doed. 

Dec. 1 — British retreat from near 
Bagdad. 

Dec. 4 — Ford "peace pajjty" sails for 
Europe. 

Dec. 8-9 — Allies defeated in Mace- 
donia. 

Dec. 15 — Sir John Douglas Haig suc- 
ceeds Sir John French as chief of 
English armies on west front. 

1916 

Jan. 8 — British troops at Kut-el- 
Amara surrounded. 

Jan. 9 — British evacuate Gallipoli 
peninsula. 

Jan. 13 — Austrians capture Cetinje, 
capital of Montenegro. 

Jan. 23 — Scutari, capital of Albania, 
captured by Austrians. 

Feb. 22 — Crown prince's army begins 
attack on Verdun. 

March 8 — Germany declares war on 
Portugal. 

March 15 — Austria-Hungary declares 



war on Portugal. 

March 24 — Steamer Sussex torpedoed 
and sunk. 

April 18 — President Wilson sends 
note to Germany. 

April 19— President Wilson speaks to 
congress, explaining diplomatic situa- 
tion. 

April 24 — Insurrection in Dublin. 

April 29— British troops at Kut-el- 
Amara surrender to Turks. 

April 30 — Irish revolution sup- 
pressed. 

May 3 — Irish leaders of insurrection 
executed. 

May 4 — Germany makes promise to 
change methods of submarine warfare. 

May 13 — Austrians begin great offen- 
sive against Italians in Trentino. 

May 31— Great naval battle off Dan- 
ish coast. 

June 5 — Lord Kitchener lost with 
cruiser Hampshire. 

June 11 — Russians capture Dubno. 

June 29 — Sir Roger Casement sen- 
tenced to be hanged for treason. 

July 1 — British and French begin 
great offensive on the Somme. 

July 6 — David Lloyd George appoint- 
ed secretary of war. 

July 9 — German merchant submarine 
Deutschland arrives at Baltimore. 

July 23 — General Kuropatkin's army 
wins battle near Riga. 

July 27 — English take Delville wood ; 
Serbian forces begin attack on Bul- 
gars in Macedonia. 

Aug. 2 — French take Fleury. 

Aug. 3 — Sir Roger Casement execut- 
ed for treason. 

Aug. 4 — French recapture Thiau- 
mont for fourth time; British repulse 
Turkish attack on Suez canal. 

Aug. 7 — Italians on Isonzo front cap- 
ture Monte Sabotino and Monte San 
Michele. 

Aug. 8 — Turks force Russian evacu- 
ation of Bitlis and Mush. 

Aug. 9 — Italians cross Isonzo river 
and occupy Austrian city of Goeritz. 

Aug. 10 — Austrians evacuate Stanis- 
lau ; allies take Doiran, near Saloniki, 
from Bulgarians. 

Aug." 19 — German submarines sink 
British light cruisers Nottingham and 



Falmouth. 

# Aug. 24 — French occupy Maurepas, 
north of the Somme; Russians recap- 
ture Mush in Armenia. • 

Aug. 27 — Italy declares war on Ger- 
many; Roumania enters war on side 
of allies. 

Aug. 29. — Field Marshal von Hinden- 
burg made chief of staff of German 
armies, succeeding Gen. von Falken- 
hayn. 

Aug. 30 — Russian armies seize all 
five passes in Carpathians into Hun- 
gary. 

Sept. 3 — Allies renew offensive north 
of Somme; Bulgarian and German 
troops invade Dobrudja, in Roumania. 

Sept. 7 — Germans and Bulgarians 
capture Roumanian fortress of Tutra- 
kan; Roumanians take Orsova, Bul- 
garian city. 

Sept. 10 — German-Bulgarian army 
captures Roumanian fortress of Sili- 
tria. 

Sept. 14 — British for first time use 
"tanks." 

Sept. 15 — Italians begin new offen- 
sive on Carso. 

,Oct. 2 — Roumanian army of inva- 
sion in Bulgaria defeated by Germans 
and Bulgarians under Von Mackensen. 

Oct. 4 — German submarines sink 
French cruiser Gallia and Cunard liner 
Franconia. 

Oct. 8 — German submarines sink six 
merchant steamships off Nantucket, 
Mass. 

Oct. 11 — Greek seacoast forts dis- 
mantled and turned over to allies on 
demand of England and France. 

Oct. 23.— German-Bulgar armies cap- 
ture Constanza, Roumania. 

1917 

Jan. 1 — Submarine sinks British 
transport Ivernia. 

Jan. 9— Russian premier, Trepoff, re- 
Golitzin succeeds him. 

Jan. 31— Germany announces unre- 
stricted submarine warfare. 

Feb. 3— President Wilson reviews 
submarine controversy before • con- 
gress ; United States severs diplomatic 
relations with Germany; American 
Steamer Housatonic sunk without 



warning. 

Feb. 7 — Senate Indorses president's 
act of breaking off diplomatic rela- 
tions. 

Feb. 12— United States refuses Ger- 
man request to discuss matters of dif- 
ference unless Germany withdraws un- 
restricted submarine warfare order. 

Feb. 14 — Von Bernstorff sails for 
Germany. 

Feb. 25 — British under General 
Maude capture Kut-el-Amara ; subma- 
rine sinks liner Laconia without warn- 
ing; many lost, including two Ameri- 
cans. 

Feb. 26 — President Wilson asks con- 
gress for authority to arm American 
merchantships. 

Feb. 28 — Secretary Lansing makes 
public Zimmermann note to Mexico, 
proposing Mexican-Japanese-German 
alliance. 

March 9 — President Wilson calls ex- 
tra session of congress for April 16. <• 

March 11 — British under General 
Maude *, capture Bagdad ; revolution 
starts in Petrograd. 

March 15 — Czar Nicholas of Russia 
abdicates. 

March 17 — French and British cap- 
ture Bapaume. 

March 18 — New French ministry 
formed by Alexander Ribot. 

March 21 — Russian forces cross 
Persian border into Turkish territory; 
American oil steamer Healdton torpe- 
doed without warning. 

March 22 — United States recognizes 
new government of Russia. 

March 27— General Murray's British 
expedition into the Holy Land defeats 
Turkish army near Gaza. 

April 2 — President Wilson asks con- 
gress to declare that acts of Germany 
constitute a state of war; submarine 
sinks American steamer Aztec without 
warning. 

April 4 — United States senate passes 
resolution declaring a state of war ex- 
ists with Germany. 

April 6 — House passes war resolution 
and President Wilson signs joint reso- 
lution of congress. 

April^S — Austria declares severance 
of diplomatic relations with United 



States. 

>April 9 — British defeat Germans at 
Vimy Ridge and take 6,000 prisoners; 
United States seizes 14 Austrian in- 
terned ships. 

April 20— Turkey severs diplomatic 
relations with the U. S. 

April 28 — Congress passes selective 
service act for raising of army of 500,- 
000; Gautemala severs diplomatic re- 
lations with Germany. 

May 7 — War department orders rais- 
ing of nine volunteer regiments of en- 
gineers to go to France. 

May 14 — Espionage act becomes law 
by passing senate. 

May 18 — President Wilson signs se- 
lective service act. Also directs ex- 
peditionary force of regulars under 
General Pershing to go to France. 

May 19 — Congress passes war appro- 
priation bill of $3,000,000,000. 

June 5— Nearly 10,000,000 men in 
U. S. register for military service. 

June 12 — King Constantine of Greece 
abdicates. 

June 13 — General Pershing and staff 
arrive in Paris. 

June 15 — First Liberty loan closes 
with large oversubscription. 

June 26 — First contingent American 
troops under General Sibert arrives in 
France. 

June 29 — Greece severs diplomatic 
relations with Teutonic allies. 

July 1 9 — President Wilson drafts 
state militia into federal service. Also 
places food end fuel under federal con- 
trol. 

July 13 — War department order 
drafts 678,000 men into military ser- 
vice. 

July 14 — Aircraft appropriation bill 
of $640,000,000 passes house; Chancel- 
lor von Bethmann-Hollweg's resigna- 
tion forced by German political crisis. 

July 18 — United States government 
orders censorship of telegrams and 
cablegrams crossing frontiers. 

July 10 — New German Chancellor 
Michaelis declares Germany will not 
war for conquest; radicals and Catho- 
lic party ask peace without forced ac- 
quisitions of territory. 



July 22 — Siam declares war od Ger- 
many. 

July 23— Premier Kerensky given un- 
limited powers in Russia. 

July 28— United States war indus- 
tries board created to supervise ex- 
penditures. 

Aug. 25— Italian Second army breaks 
through Austrian line on Isonzo front. 

Aug. 28— President Wilson rejects 
Pope Benedict's peace plea. 

Sept. 10— General Korniloff demands 
control of Russian government. 

Sept. 11— Russian deputies vote to 
support Kerensky. Korniloff' s gener- 
als ordered arrested. 

Sept. 16 — Russia proclaims new re- 
public by order of Premier Kerensky. 

Sept. 20— General Haig advance mile 
through German lines at Ypres. 

Sept. 21— Gen. Tasker H. Bliss 
named chief of staff U. S. army. 

•Oct. 16 — Germans occupy islands of 
Runo and Adro in the Gulf of Riga; 

Oct. 24 — French win back Douau- 
mont, Thiaumont field work, Haudro- 
mont quarries, and Chillette wood near 
Verdun, in smash of two miles. 

Oct. 25 — French under General Pe- 
tain advance and take 12,000 prison- 
ers on Aisne front. 

Oct. 27 — Formal announcement made 
that American troops in France had 
fired their first shots in the war. 

Oct. 29 — Italian Isonzo front col- 
lapses and Austro-German army 
reaches outposts of Udine. 

Nov. 1 — Secretary Lansing makes 
public the Luxburg "spurlos versenkt" 
note. 

Nov. 1 — Italians, in new offensive on 
the Carso plateau, capture 5,000 Aus- 
trians. 

Nov. 2 — Germans evacuate Fort 
Vaux at Verdun. 

Nov. 5 — Germans and Austrians pro- 
claim new kingdom of Poland of ter- 
ritory captured from Russia. 

Nov. 6— Submarilne sinks British 
passenger steamer Arabia. 

Nov. 7 — Cardinal Mercier protests 
against German deportation of Bel- 
gians; submarine sinks American 
steamer Columbian. ' 



Nov. 8 — Russian army invades 
Transylvania, Hungary. 

Nov. 9 — Austro-German armies de- 
feat Russians in Volhynia and take 
4,000 prisoners. 

Nov. 9--Permanent Interallied mili- 
tary comi ilssion created. 

Nov. 13 — British launch hew offen- 
sive in Somme region on both sides of 
Ancre. 

Nov. 14— British capture fortified vil- 
lage of Beaucourt, near the Ancre. 

Nov. 19 — Serbian, French and Rus- 
sian troops recapture Monastir; Ger- 
mans cross Transylvania Alps and en- 
ter western Roumania. 

Nov. 21— British hospital ship Brit- 
annic sunk by mine in Aegean sea. 

Nov. 23— Roumanian army retreats 
90 miles from Bucharest. 

Nov. 24 — German-Bulgarian armies 
take Orsova and Turnu-Severin from 
Roumanians. 

Nov. 24 — Navy department an- 
nounces capture of first German sub- 
marine by American destroyer. 

Nov. 25 — Greek provisional govern- 
ment declares war on Germany end 
Bulgaria. 

Nov. fe 28 — Roumanian government 
abandons Bucharest and moves capital 
to Jassy. 

Nov. 28— Bolshevik! get absolute 
control of Russian assembly In Russian 
elections. 

Dec. 5— Premier Herbert Asquith of 
England resigns- ( 

Dec. 6 — Submarine sinks the Jacob 
Jones, first regular warship of Amer- 
ican navy destroyed. 

Dec. 7— David Lloyd George accepts 
British premiership. • 

Dec. 7 — Congress declares war on 
Austria-Hungary. 

Dec. 8— Gen. von Mackensen cap- 
tures big Roumanian army in Prohova; 

Dec. 8 — Jerusalem surrenders to 
Gen. Allenby's forces. 

Dec. 10 — Lloyd George declines Ger- 
man peace proposal*, 
valley. 

DeCi-^12 — Chancellor von Bethmann- 
Hollweg announces in reichstag that, 
Germany will propose peace; new cab-' 
inet in France under Aristide Briand, 
as premier, and Gen. Robert Georges 



Nivelle given chief of command of 
French army. 

Dec. 15 — French at Verdun win two 
miles of front and capture 11,000. 

Dec. 23 — Baron Burian succeeded as 
minister of foreign affairs in Austria 
by Count Czernin. 

Dec. 26 — Germany proposes to Presi- 
dent Wilson "an immediate meeting of 
delegates of the belligerents." 

Dec. 27— Russians defeated in five- 
day battle In eastern Wallachia, Rou- 
mania. ■ 

1918 

Jan. 5 — President Wilson delivers 
speech to congress giving "14 points" 
necessary to peace. 

Jan 20 — British monitors win sea 
fight with cruisers Goeben and Bres- 
lau, sinking latter. 

Jan. 28 — Russia and Roumania sever 
diplomatic relations. 

Feb. 2 — United States troops take 
over their first sector, near Toul. 

Feb. 6 — United States troopship Tus- 
cania sunk by submarine, 126 lost. 

Feb. 11 — President Wilson in address 
to congress gives four additional peace 
principles, including self-determina- 
tion of nations ; bolshevik! declare war 
with Germany over, but refuse to sign 
peace treaty. 

Feb. 13 — Bolo Pasha sentenced to 
death in France for treason. 

Feb. 25 — Germans take Reval, Rus- 
sian naval base, and Pskov; Chancel- 
lor von Hertling agrees "in principle" 
with President Wilson's peace princi- 
ples, in address to reichstag. 

March 1 — Americans repulse Ger- 
man attack on Toul sector. 

March 2 — Treaty of peace with Ger- 
many signed by bolshevik! at Brest- 
Litovsk. 

March 4 — Germany and Roumania 
sign armistice on German terms. 

March 13 — German troops occupy 
Odessa. 

March 14 — All Russian congress of 
Soviets ratifies peace treaty. 

March 21 — German spring offensive 
starts on 50-mile front. < 

March 22— Germans take 16,000 Brit- 
ish prisoners and 200 guns. 



March 23 — German drive gains nine 
miles. "Mystery gun" shells Paris. 

March 24 — Germans reach the 
Somme, gaining 15 miles. American 
engineers rushed to aid British. 
March 25 — Germans take Bapaume. 
March 27 — Germans take Albert. 
March 28 — British counter-attack 
and gain ; French take three towns ; 
Germans advance toward Amiens. 

March 29— "Mystery gun" kills 75 

churchgoers in Paris on Good Friday. 

April 4 — Germans start second 

phase of their spring drive on the 

Somme. 

April 10— Germans take 10,000 Brit- 
ish prisoners in Flanders. 

April 16 — Germans capture Messines 
ridge, near Ypres; Bolo Pasha exe- 
cuted. 

April 23 — British and French navies 
"bottle up" Zeebrugge. 

April 26 — Germans capture Mount 
Kemmel, taking 6,500 prisoners. 

May 5 — Austria starts drive on 
Italy. 

May 10 — British navy bottles up Os- 
tend. 

May 24 — British ship Moldavia, 
carrying American troops ;torpedoed; 
66 lost. 

May 27 — Germans begin third phase 
of drive on west front ; gain five miles. 
May 28— Germans take 15,000 pris- 
oners in drive. 

May 29 — Germans take Soissons and 
menace Reims. American troops cap- 
ture Cf:ntigny. 

May 30 — Germans reach the Marne, 
5o miles from Paris. 

May 31 — Germans take 45,000 prison- 
ers iii drive. 

June 1 — Germans advance nine 
miles; are 46 miles from Paris. 

June 3 — Five German submarines 
attack U. S. coast and sink 11 ships. 
June 5 — U. S. marines fight on the 
Marne near Chateau Thierry. 

June 9 — Germans start fourth 
phase of their drive by advancing to- 
ward Noyon. 

June 10 — Germans gain two miles. 
U. S. marines capture south end of Bel- 
leau wood. 

June 12 — French and Americans 
start counter-attack. 



Juno 15 — Austrians begin another 
diive on Italy and take 16,000 prison- 
ers. 

June 17 — Italians cheek Austrians on 
Piave river. 

June 19 — Austrians cross the Piave. 

June 22 — Italian* defeat Austrians 
on the Piave. 

June 23 — Austrt&ns begin great re- 
treat across the Piave. 

July IS — General Foch launches al- 
lied offensive, with French, American, 
British, Italian and Belgian troops. 

July 21 — Americans and French cap- 
ture Chateau Thierry. 

July 30 — German crown prince 
flees from the Marne and withdraws 
army. 

Aug. 2 — Soissons recaptured by Foch. 

Aug. 4 — Americans take Fismes. 

Aug. 5 — American troops landed 
at Archangel. 

Aufc. 7 — Americans cross the Vesle. 

Aug. 16 — Bapaume recaptured. 

Au£. 28 — French recross the Somme. 

Sept. 1 — Foch retakes Peronne. 

Sept. 12 — Americans launch success- 
ful attack in St. Mihiel salient. 

Sept. 28 — Allies win on 250 mile line, 
from North Sea to Verdun. 

Sept. 29 — Allies cross Hindenburg 
line. 

Sept. 30 — Bulgaria surrenders, after 
successful allied campaign in Balkans. 

Oct. 1 — French take St. Quentin. 

Got. 4 — Austria asks Holland to 
mediate with allies for peace. 

Oct. 5 — Germans start abandonment 
of Lille and burn Douai. 

Oft. 6 — Germany asks President 
Wilson for armistice. 

Oct. 7 — Americans capture hills 
r round Argonne. 

Oct. 8 — President Wilson refuses 
armistice. 

Oct. 9 — Allies capture Cambrai. 

Oct. 10 — Allies capture Le Gateau. 

Oct. 11 — American transport Otranto 
torpedoed and sunk; 500 lost. 

Oct. 13 — Foch's troops take Laon 
and La Fere. 

Oct. 14 — British and Belgians take 
Roulers ; President Wilson demands 
surr«Df"er by Germany. 

♦Oct. 15 — British and Belgians cross 
Lys river, take 12,000 prisoners and 



r 100 guns. 

Oct. 16 — Allies enter Lille outskirts. 

Oct. 17 — Allies capture Lille, Bruges, 
Zeebvugge, Ostend and Douai. 

Oct. 18 — Czecho-Slovaks issue dec- 
laration of independence; Czechs rebel 
and seize Prague, capital of Bohemia; 
French take Thielt. 

Oct. 19 — President Wilson refuse* 
Austr'an peace plea and says Czecho- 
slovak state must be considered. 

Oct. 21 — Allies cross the Oise and 
threaten Valenciennes. 

Oct. 22 — Haig's forces cross the 
Scheldt 

Oct. 23— President Wilson refuses 
latest German peace plea. 

Oct. 27 — German government asks 
President Wilson to state terms. 

Oct. 28 — Austria begs for separate 
peace. 

Oct. 29 — Austria opens direct nego- 
tiations with Secretary Lansing. 

Oct. 30— Italians inflict great defeat 
on Austria ; capture 33,000 ; Austrians 
evacuating Italian territory. 

Oct. 31 — Turkey surrenders; Aus- 
trians utterly routed by Italians; lose 
50.000; Austrian envoys, under white 
flag, enter Italian lines. 

Nov. 1 — Italians pursue beaten Aus- 
trians across Tagliamento river; allied 
conference at Versailles fixes peace 
terms for Germany. 

Nov. 3 — Austria signs armistice 
amounting virtually to unconditional 
surrender. 

Nov. 4 — Allied terms are sent to Ger- 
many. 

Nov. 7 — Germany's envoys enter al- 
lied lines by arrangement. 

Nov. 9 — Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates 
and crown prince renounces throne. 

Nov. 10 — Former Kaiser Wilhelm 
and his eidest son, Friedrich Wilhelm 
flee to Holland to escape widespread 
revolution throughout Germany. 

Nov. 11 — German authorities sign 
armistice ending hostilities preceding 
arrangement of the peace terms. 



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